446 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Specie9. Icon. 



25. Z. Onobrychis, Fab. . Ernst, III. Pl.XClX.f.l40.a— h. 



26. ' — Occitanica, de Vil- Hubn. Sphing. Tab. 22. f. 106. 



lers (mas.) 107. (fcem.) 



27. — Fausta, Linn Ernst, III. PI. C. f. 142. c. d. 



28. — Faustina, Ochs.* 



29. — Hilar is, Ochs. ... Hiibn. Sphing. Tab. 26. f. 123. 



(fcem.) 



30. — Lata, Hubn...... Ernst, III. PI. C. f. 142. a. b. 



31. — Sedi, Fab Hubn. Sphing. Tab. 28. f. 132. 



(fcem.) 



Genus 20. SYNTOMIS, Hojmanseggf, Latr. 



Amata, Fab. Glaucopes, Hiibn. 



Sphinx, Linn. Zyg^ena, Ross. 



Wings, anterior large, posterior very small ; deflexed. 



Antenna filiform ; (subfusiform. Latr.) 



Palpi, inferior nearly cylindrical, obtuse, not reaching beyond 



the clypeus. (Latr.) 

 Abdomen cylindrical. (Latr.) 



Species. Icon. 



1. S. Phegea,Unn Ernst, III. PI. CII. f. 147. c. d. 



2. — Cerbera, Linn.J... Cram. Pap. exot. Tab. 83. f. F. 



Genus 21. THYRIS, Hoffmansegg, Latr., Hubn. 

 Sphinx, Fab. 

 Legs hairy, spinous. 

 Wings divaricate, nearly horizontal, eroso-dentate, (Latr.) 



with white semi-transparent maculae. 

 Antennae, scarcely fusiform, nearly subsetaceous, simple ; 



apex not tufted, (Latr.) alike in both sexes. 

 Palpi cylindrico-conical, the last joint nearly bare, acuminate; 



reaching much beyond the clypeus. (Latr.) 

 Abdomen conical, anus not barbate. (Latr.) 

 Flight, diurnal. 



Species. Icon. 



1. T. Fenestrina,¥ab. . . Ernst, III. PI. CXXII. f. 167. 



a.b. 



* Z. alis anticis nigro-viridibus ; maculis sex rubris confluentibus luteo 

 marginatis ; posticis rubris, limbo aequali nigro ; collari rubro j pe- 

 dibus nigro-viridibus cinguloque abdominis rubro subtus non co- 

 eunte.— Ochs. II. 99. 

 t According to Latreille, this genus was established by Illiger: — Now. 

 Diet. (Mist. Nat. xxxii. 320. 

 % An Europaea?— Ochs. 



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